Window-frame for automobile-hoods and the like



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To all whom it UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH SOSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application filed.

may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn Soss, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Frames for Automobile-Hoods and the like, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the, art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window frames particularly designed for use in connection with the hoods and curtains of automobiles and other vehicles, and the object of the invention is to provide a frame of the class specified designed to be used in connection with hoods, curtains and the like preferably composed of two sheets of fibrous or flexible material; a further object being to provide a frame which consists of inner and outer parts secured together in such manner as to secure the separate parts or sheets of the hood or curtain therebetween; a still further object being to provide improved means for securing a transparent panel to the frame; and a stil further object being to simplify the method of connecting the separate parts of the frame together and for securing the means for retaining the transprovement are parent panel in the frame; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a window frame of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. I

The invention described and claimed herein isian improvement on that described in prior applications filed by me January 30, 1919, Serial No. 273,933 and October 17 1919, Serial No. 331,349; and is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my imdesignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which I Figure 1 is an outside view of a part of a hood of an'automobile with my improved window frame secured thereto;

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 3+3 of Fig. 1

. and outer frames Fig. 4 a detail view of part of the inner placed one upon another and looking in the direction of the arrow 4 V Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1921.

November 24, 1919. Serial No. 340,283.

of Fig. 1 and omitting the hood or separate parts thereof, as well as the window panel and the means for securing the same in place; and,

Fig. 5 a partial section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In the drawing I have shown at 10 the hood or curtain of an automobile, which consists, in the construction shown, of inner and outer parts 11 and 12 spaced apart as shown at 13 in Figs. 2 and 3. At 14 I have shown my improved window frame secured to the separate parts 11 and 12 of the hood or curtain 10. The window frame 14, in the construction shown, consists of an inner part 15 and an outer part 16. The inner part 15 is preferably composed of wood or similar materlal, while the outer part 16 is composed of metal. 'Both the inner and outer parts 15 and 16, in the construction shown, are circular in form but it will be understood that my invention is not limited to any particular form of frame.

The inner part 15 of the frame is rounded on its outer edge as shown at 17 and the periphery of said part is slightly greater in dlameter or transverse dimensions than that of the outer part 16, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The inner face of the part 15 is grooved as shown at 18 to form an inwardly projecting. flange 19, and the grooved portion 18 is provided at spaced intervals with arc-shaped recesses 20 as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

The outer part 16 is approximately planoconvex in form in cross section, and the inner or plain face of said part is provided at spaced intervals with arc-shaped projecting ears 21 which are adapted to pass into the recesses 20 in the part 15, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5. The ears 21 are also preferably provided with apertures 22 through which nails, screws or the like 23 are adapted to pass and into the inner part 15 of the frame for securing the separate parts of the frame together.

In securing the separate parts 15 and 16 of the frame together, and the separate parts of the hood 1O therebetween, the inner hood is passed around the flange 19 and into the groove 18 as shown at 24, while the outer part 12 of the hood is placed between the separate parts 15 and 16 of the frame and into thegroove 18 as shown at 25. In passing the nails, screws or the like 23 through connection with the the cars 21 into the part 15, the same pass through the parts 2 1 and 25 of the inner and outer parts of the hood in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, and this securely holds the hood, or the separate parts thereof, 1n

frame.

After the separate parts of the frame 1 1 have been secured together with the separate parts of the hood 10 therebetween in the manner above set out, a transparent panel 26 is placed upon the plain, or approximately plain, face of the part 16 inwardly of the ears 21 as shown at 27 in Figs. 2 and 3, after which a'flexible strip 28 is placed upon the edge portion of the transparent panel 26 and secured to the inner edge of the inner member 15 of the frame by a plurality of It will be noted that the nails 29 nails or similar devices 29 in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 5., These nails also pass through the parts 24 and 25 of the hood and aid in securing the hood in position. are passed into the inner member 15 of the frame at points where the cars 21 are not located, and y reason of this construction, or the provision of. the ears 21 instead ofan annular flange, as in my prior applications herein- .before referred to, the attachment of the strip 28 is more readily facilitated and may be accomplished in much less time by reason of the fact that it is not essential to locate the holes in the parts 21 in securing the strip '28 in position. It will also be apparent that the cars 21 are not covered on their inner sides by the parts 2 1-and 25 of the hood 10 which leaves said ears exposed thus enabling the operator to attach the strip 28 without any difficulty, but when the strip 28 has been attached all of the ears 21 will be covered or concealed thus producing a neat and finished appearance of the complete frame.

The strip 28 is preferably composed of flexible material and consists of a core piece 30 inclosed in a fibrous casing 31, which is preferably of the same material as the inner part 11 of the hood. The strip 28, as will be apparent, holds the transparent panel 26 in the frame 14 and forms a cushion support therefor thus preventing rattling in the flapping or swinging movement of the hood 10.

It will be understood that the distinctive I features of this invention are in the provi- SlOIl of the ears 21 on the outer part 1.6 of the frame which take the place of an annular projection, and also in the method of attaching the separate parts of the hood to will be apparent that I am not necessarily limited in this respect as the frame may be used in connection with a hood composed of a single part, if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window frame for use in connection with hoods, curtains or the like composed of separate members, said frame consisting of inner and outer parts, the outer part being provided at intervals with a plurality of inwardly projecting ears adapted to operate in recesses in the inner part, the separate members of the hood being mounted between the separate parts of the frame, means passed transversely through said ears and said hood and into the innerpart for securing the separate parts of the frame together and for securing the separate members of the hood therebetween, a transparent panel adapted to be mounted in the frame, and a flexible strip secured to the inner part of the frame at spaced intervals by attaching devices which pass through the separate members of the hood, said strip serving to secure the transparent panel and the separate members of the hood in said frame against displacement.

2. A window frame for use in connection with hoods, curtains or the like composed of separate-members, said frame consisting of inner and outer parts, the outer part being provided at intervals with project-ingmembers and the inner part being provided at corresponding intervals with recesses adapted to receive said projecting members, one of the members of the hood or curtain being placed between the inner and outer parts of the frame and the other member inclosing the inner part of the frame and placed between said part and the projecting members of the outer part, and devices passed through the projecting members of the outer part of the frame and the separate parts of the hood or curtain and into the inner part of the frame for securing the separate parts of the frame together with the separate members of the hood therebetween.

3. A window frame for use in connection with hoods, curtains or the like compos'ed of separate members, said frame consisting of inner and outer parts, the outer parts being provided at intervals with projecting members and the inner partbeing provided at corresponding intervals with recesses adapted to receive said projecting members, one (if the members of the hood or curtain being placed between the inner and outer parts of the'frame and the other member inclosing the inner part of the frame and placed between said part and the projecting members of the outer part, devices passed through the projecting members of the outer part of the frame and the separate parts of the hood or curtain and into the In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 21st day of November 1919.

JOSEPH SOSS.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THonPsoN. 

